[MyAppleMenu] Aug 4, 2002

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=== news =============

Business Bounces Back For Macintosh Vendors (Hugh Halloran, Business News Australia)
<http://www.businessnews.com.au/news.cfm?function=show&NewsID=8701>
Having endured difficult trading conditions for the first half of last financial year, Perth's Apple-Macintosh computer vendors report they have turned the corner in recent months.

Rowe Says Consequences Of Breaking Laptop Contract Unclear (Associated Press)
<http://www4.fosters.com/news2002/aug_02/aug03_02/news/me0803a_02.asp>
It's unclear whether the state would be liable for services already provided by Apple for Gov. Angus King's laptop initiative if Maine broke its contract, according to an opinion issued Friday by Attorney General Steven Rowe.

Georgians Jam Malls; Computers A Hot Ticket (Renee Degross, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
<http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/business/0802/03holiday.html>
At the new Apple computer store at Lenox Square, customers were lined up 50 deep as they waited to buy Macintosh computer systems.

=== reviews =============

Digidesign Mbox (David Leishman, Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/reviews/mbox.html>
Porable USB audio workstation fits the bill for digital-recording beginners.

A New Desktop That Makes Dollars Disappear (Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38861-2002Aug3.html>
I am perfectly willing to pay for a service like iDisk or HomePage -- jsut not $100 a year.

QuickTime 6.0 Learns New Tricks (Dan Tynan, ZDNet Australia)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/multimedia/story/0,2000023570,20267052,00.htm>
The old multimedia standard offers up a new edition with support for high-quality MPEG-4 streaming and more.

Essential Mac DJ Gear (Paul Boutin)
<http://paulboutin.weblogger.com/2002/08/03>
What does it take to use your iBook/PowerBook for recording from vinyl and playing either tracks or mix sets?

'WarCraft III' Arrives With A Vengeance (Steven Kent, USA Today)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techreviews/games/pcgames/2002-08-01-warcraft_x.htm>
Blizzard has added wisely, bringing in new civilizations, next-generation graphics and brief interlude movies that look as good as the films <i>Sherk</i> or <i>Monsters, Inc.</i>

Drive Time (Darren Yates, The Age)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/02/1028157836585.html>
In the end, it boils down to two options: a higher-priced portable hard drive that doubles as an MP3 player or a straight protable drive at lower cost.

=== internet news =============

Fair Use Or Foul Play? (Ed Foster, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/08/05/020805opgripe.xml>
Congress has already sold out some very basic rights, and with elections coming and campaign coffers needing to be filled, our politicians appear eager to sell out some more.

=== reader : tech =============

>From Helpmate To New Woman (Drew Gilpin Faust, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/books/review/04FAUSTT.html>
Malvina Shanklin Harlan, a 19th-century Supreme Court justice's wife, was a witness to history.

In An Ancient Game, Computing's Future (Katie Hafner, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/01/technology/circuits/01GONE.html>
In programming a computerized version of Go, an ancient Asian board game, the very limits of artificial intelligence are being tested.

=== reader : life =============

Comics Draw Fine Line Between Humor, Issues (Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/03/DD240692.DTL>
What do early '70s conceptual art and '90s artists' comics have in common? Both demand great stretches of reading time.

The Decline And Fall Of Seattle (Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times)
<http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-080402seattle.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dmagazine>
The Emerald City is in distress, with dot-coms and Boeing leading the way. At least you can still get great coffee--to sip while sitting in traffic jams or reading the help wanted ads.

Rise, Shine And Root (Charles McGrath, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/magazine/04WWLN.html>
Sports on morning TV? It's not just fun -- it's eye-opening in many ways.

A Breather For Parents And Kids (Suzanne Berne, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/travel/TYLER.html>
The Tyler Place Family Rsort in Vermont lets the generations go their separate ways for a while.

=== singapore top news =============

No CPF Top-Up Needed If Property Sold At A Loss (QUak Hiang Whai, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,53302,00.html?>
Board says it'll monitor transaction prices to plug loophole.

=== singapore news =============

Net-Hacking Case: Police 'Timely In Release Of Info' (Philip Mah, Singapore Police Force, Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,53299,00.html?>
Investigations are indeed still in progress and we have yet to specifically establish the source of the breach.

Breastfeeding Mums Spread Message On Trains (Ginnie Teo, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,135700,00.html?>
A group of nursing mothers whent public yesterday in a bid to educae and encourage other mothers to do the same.

Boost For Teaching Career With New MOE Scholarships (Tracy Quek, Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,135547,00.html?>
Three new scholarships for undergraduate studies here and abroad from next year after system overhaul.

JB Cabbies Unhappy Over Singapore Entry Rule (Lam Li, The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/8/4/nation/jbteksi&sec=nation>
Taxi drivers plying the Johor Baru-Singapore route have complained of the Singapore's Immigration Department's reluctance to issue Multiple Journey Passes, which allow drivers to make multiple trips into the island for a year.

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